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While I sympathise with what you have written, and are feeling about
this clipart, when swastikas are put up, we don't remove those. When
upside down crosses are put up we don't remove those. If we make an
exception for Odinism/Ásatrú when it offends someone, then we also need
to make exceptions when our clipart offends the
Christians/Muslims/Hindu faiths/German history as well. This is a black
hole that we will never escape from if we start down that road. That's
something that has been clear from the beginning, we don't remove
clipart based on offensiveness, and so I disagree with the request for
removal.<br>
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I don't really know how to address this issue (since compassion to
other people is one of the foundations of good community), yet I also
think there is nothing to be done, based on the policies of OCAL and
what they have been for a long time. <br>
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One thing I can suggest is having a function in the user profile
settings, a function that excludes displaying user-input tags. So if
the clipart is tagged correctly it might be possible to custom-censor
your own Library experience. Programmers like Bassel would be able to
tell you if this idea is actually possible, but it's one that if it
works might address the whole larger issue of offensive cliparts. <a
href="http://openclipart.org/wiki/File:User-profile-settings.jpg">See
here </a>for example.<br>
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I hope this helps understanding in some small way.<br>
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Chovynz<br>
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On 15/07/2010 2:49 a.m., Shawn Evans wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Greets!

I know that I don't say much here on the list but the logo submission
found at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.openclipart.org/index.php?pretty=detail/71893">http://www.openclipart.org/index.php?pretty=detail/71893</a>
should be removed.As per my comment on the submission:

"I think this one should be removed. As a practitioner of Ásatrú, I
feel that the Valknot should not be used on a logo of this type. It is
a symbol of the god Odin and of the Ásatrú faith and religion in
general."

I am not sure why the Valknot was chosen for this logo, but the Knot
of the Slain has deep meaning to those who are Ásatrú or
Odian/Odinist.